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Goods trains, worked by the contractor's engines, began operating between
Sleaford and Billingborough on 10 October 1871 and the line was opened throughout on 2 January 1872. There were six passenger trains each way on weekdays only (one of these on Mondays only) and a daily goods train worked from
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Firbank's tender of £29,363 for construction of the line was accepted on 2 August 1870. An Act of 24 July 1871 permitted a slight deviation at Bourn to allow the line to terminate by a junction with the Bourn and Lynn Joint
Railway. The railway was built as cheaply as possible. Except for a passing
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The line between
Sleaford and Billingborough closed to all traffic on 28 July 1956, but it was used for some years afterwards for the storage of redundant mineral wagons. The southern end, from Bourne to Billingborough, was cut back to Haconby siding after 15 June 1964, and the line was completely
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The GNR paid the
Midland and Eastern, the actual owners of the Bourn and Lynn section, £25 per annum for use of 143 yards of its line. There was a viaduct with six openings of 22ft 6in. Stations were built by S & W Pattinson for £4,781. Goods and passenger facilities were, north to south, at
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Inspecting
Officer required that turntables be installed at Bourn and Sleaford by 1 May 1872, and waiting sheds provided on the platforms at Bourn, Billingborough and Sleaford. The total cost was £107,020. Billingborough was the only station with two platforms.
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to Bourn and back. The journey time for passenger trains on the branch was fifty minutes. Scredington was renamed
Aswarby & Scredington on 1 February 1875 and the spelling of "Bourn" station was altered to "Bourne" in the May 1872 timetable.
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The branch only served rural communities and was never commercially successful, Bus services proved more convenient, and on 22 September 1930 it was closed to passenger trains. After that date there were occasional Sunday
Stamford and Bourne to
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Burton (goods siding only); Scredington for
Aswarby, Billingborough & Horbling for Folkingham, Rippingale, Hacconby (goods siding only: where the board turned down petitions for a station); and Morton. Before sanctioning passenger use, the
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excursions which called at all stations on the line, but these ceased in 1939. One daily goods train continued to run from
Sleaford to Bourne and return. Potatoes and grain provided a worthwhile traffic for some time.
172:, to increase its share of the lucrative transport of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire coal to the south. In the 1864 session of Parliament the Great Northern Railway presented a Bill for a line between
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It was submitted again in the next
Session, and this time was authorised by an Act of 29 June 1865, with powers to raise £190,000 in share capital.
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203:, it was single track. Commencing by a junction at Sleaford the line ran for 17 miles 12 chains to Bourn junction (later Bourne East junction).
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The GNR evidently had second thoughts about the line, for they sought power to abandon the powers in 1868. This was refused by the
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Complaints were immediately made about timing because the first train from Sleaford did not make a useful onward connection.
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180:(later spelt Bourne); this was a spoiler to keep the GER out of the area; it was thrown out by Parliament in that session.
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Scredington; opened 2 January 1872; renamed Aswarby and Scredington 1875; closed 22 September 1930;
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In the 1860s the Great Eastern Railway was pressing for powers to build northwards from
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Morton; opened 2 January 1872; renamed Morton Road 1895; closed 22 September 1930;
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Bourn; opened 16 May 1860; usually spelt Bourne from 1893; closed 2 March 1959.
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Billingborough & Horbling; opened 2 January 1872; closed 22 September 1930;
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Railway Passenger Stations in England, Scotland and Wales: A Chronology
875:, the Railway and Canal Historical Society, Richmond, Surrey, 2002
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The Great Northern Railway: volume II: Expansion and Competition
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The Great Northern Railway: volume I: Origins and Development
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Rippingale; opened 2 January 1872; closed 22 September 1930;
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Billingborough & Horbling station in April 1961
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750:, B T Batsford Limited, London, 1979,
729:, B T Batsford Limited, London, 1979,
195:who required completion by June 1871.
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806:Wrottesley, volume 2, pages 9 and 10
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782:The Lost Railways of Lincolnshire
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907:Railway lines opened in 1872
820:Lincolnshire's Lost Railways
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142:Bourne and Sleaford Railway
21:Bourne and Sleaford Railway
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187:Construction -- eventually
164:Sleaford and Bourn Railway
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263:closed on 2 April 1965.
484:Aswarby and Scredington
126:18 mi (29 km)
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146:Great Northern Railway
89:Great Northern Railway
46:East Midlands, England
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150:Great Eastern Railway
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249:Decline and closure
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113:1964 (goods)
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581:To Spalding
550:Morton Road
339:To Grantham
123:Line length
85:Operator(s)
886:Categories
737:, page 150
713:References
528:Rippingale
372:To Lincoln
663:Essendine
427:To Boston
199:place at
118:Technical
758:, page 7
636:To Saxby
396:Sleaford
267:Stations
256:Skegness
231:Grantham
174:Sleaford
72:Stations
63:Sleaford
38:Overview
224:Opening
95:History
80:Service
51:Termini
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605:Bourne
310:Legend
156:Origin
108:Closed
100:Opened
58:Bourne
43:Locale
178:Bourn
170:March
847:ISBN
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786:ISBN
752:ISBN
731:ISBN
176:and
140:The
103:1872
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